Carmen's Crew is moving on to the third round of The Basketball Tournament.
In a battle of Big Ten alumni teams, the team composed largely of former Ohio State players defeated Purdue alumni team Men of Mackey, 80-69, at the Covelli Center on Sunday afternoon.
Carmen's Crew got out to a slow start offensively, making just three of its first 16 shots of the game, but still finished the first quarter with a 13-9 lead following a 6-0 run to end the quarter. The second quarter played out in similar fashion, but Carmen's Crew scored 10 points in the final 1:27 of the first half – including a buzzer-beater 3-pointer by Jeff Gibbs, who scored Carmen's Crew's final seven points of the half – to take a 29-21 lead into the break.